i’ve been doing alot of sidewall shingling of late. i’m getting pretty proficient at weaving corners and my work is speeding up quite nicely. i’ve got a walkout bay to do which i’ve just got started on. The angle on the bay is 135 degrees so a 45 bevel works for the weave. I’m wondering what techniques/tips BTers might offer for this application.
I’ve been holding up the shingle, tracing the back with a sharp pencil, then running it through the tablesaw, following the line on the back which is the long point of the bevel. anythign else? thoughts?
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I just nail it up with excess, then use sharp utility knife to trace the cut. I start at bottom and look at the tip cutting through so I can see how to guide the knife. I leave it about an eighth long, then use block plane to finish shaping, all with shingle already nailed up.
Harder to get my table saw up on staging than just a knife and block plane.
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yea, that's the issue i've been facing. thanks.
I had an old timer that did amazing shingle shaving using a shinglers hatchet.
he would sharpen it on a grinder,and tune it up on a wetstone.
He would hand shave all the hips and ridges,weave corners on dormers,using the hatchet,bumping the hatchet head with his palm to shave the shingle.
on hips he would tack on a strapping board as a guideline on either side,shaving the excess.
I have also used a drawknife to shave with,mostly for ridges as you have to pull it towards you.
yammy.. i was taught with a shingling hatchet.. still have mine..
the biggest problem i had with it was where to hang it.. put it in a hammer hanger.. and you'd lay your forearm open from wrist to elbow with one wrong move
you could literally shave with it.. the usual test was would it slice a piece of paper Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
Yeah buddy..I was doin that Oak shake roof about 3 yrs ago. A real pissah..I use a half hatchet that is razor sharp. As I was sliding my self down to the next set of planks, the edge sliced my heel of my thumb right open...7 stitches. And the er visit was 750.00$
Do you ever do anything where you dont get seriously hurt!
Damn man, you get injured more then anybody I know. You ever think about office work. <G>
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What I used to end up doing was snag the brim of my ball cap swinging the hatchet to drive a nail. Yanking forward on that hat gives a guy a sore neck after a while.Makes hat look beat up too.
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i basically do a combination of what you and piffin are talking about. i'll trace both sides of the corner and cut five courses worth on the table saw, 10 shingles, 5 at with the angle on the right 5 with the angle on the left. when i get about three shingles from the corner i throw the corner piece in and then fill in, same on coming from the other side. there is less hand planning this way, though i have done plenty of shingling without using a table saw, and just a knife and a block plane :)